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This radio broadcast describes a technique called 'salinity shock' which is being used to kill plants and animals that ride in ballast water on ships. Oceangoing ships are now dumping their freshwater ballast at sea and...

This radio broadcast features an interview with a herpetologist who studies the native toads of the Sonoran Desert and an invasive species from the east, the American bull frog. The herpetologist, Dr. Cecil Schwalbe,...

This marine snail (Rapana venosa) from Asia was discovered in the Chesapeake Bay in 1998. VIMS scientists report their research on this exotic species, how its biology and life cycle allowed it to invade US waters via...

This radio broadcast describes efforts to control the population of sea lampreys in the Great Lakes. Sea lampreys, an invasive species from the Atlantic Ocean, have populated the lakes for years, but have recently...